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look at what trent franks was able to do recently with eric cantor and john boehner's help. pushing through the abortion ban. clearly a violation of roe v. wade. you know, in some say what is interesting is that they are becoming more and more and more aggressive. i believe because they are so afraid of the tea party wing of the republican party. i said earlier that to a friend of mine, i said, we need to stop calling it pro life. they now have become to be pro why. they are trying to require teachers to actually give false information to kids about reproductive health in north carolina. in ohio they are trying to shift tax money to crisis centers that time and again have shown to give false information about their current health conditions. >> some measures require doctors to give misinformation to their patients. thank you terry o'neal for joining me. thank you senator van deputte. we are with you tomorrow. >> thank you. we will need every voice. >> thanks you. senator, you're a hero. >> next, same-sex marriage watching history and ideology clyde. stay with us. this is dis
look at what trent franks was able to do recently with eric cantor and john boehner's help. pushing through the abortion ban. clearly a violation of roe v. wade. you know, in some say what is interesting is that they are becoming more and more and more aggressive. i believe because they are so afraid of the tea party wing of the republican party. i said earlier that to a friend of mine, i said, we need to stop calling it pro life. they now have become to be pro why. they are trying to require...
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this is a point in time where john boehner needs to do something. he needs to speak to darrell issa, has to get the house under control. has he to decide what is his legacy in the history books, an effective speaker or someone that allowed the most conservative wing of the republican party to run roughshod over him and basically do absolutely nothing as members of congress. it's a huge issue, not just for the speaker but congress in general. >> you bring up the farm bill and hear one of the lack of motivators for boehner on the farm bill, as a voting member he's never been a big fan of subsidies in general. while he knew he had to get it passed, he wasn't super anxious about doing it. >> the big question what happens with immigration, certainly what happens with the farm bill raises a lot of questions, how does he gets immigration reform passed when they couldn't get the farm bill through. i was speaking to one of his aids who said, look, they aren't going to immediately bring it to the floor. you pointed out there's three options they are consideri
this is a point in time where john boehner needs to do something. he needs to speak to darrell issa, has to get the house under control. has he to decide what is his legacy in the history books, an effective speaker or someone that allowed the most conservative wing of the republican party to run roughshod over him and basically do absolutely nothing as members of congress. it's a huge issue, not just for the speaker but congress in general. >> you bring up the farm bill and hear one of...
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john boehner, the speaker of the house! you know, it might be fun to think he's the zod to president obama's superman. but, really, we think he's a little more like gru, you know him, from "despicable me," grand ambitions, minions he can never really keep in line. speaker boehner brought the house's version of the $940 billion farm bill to a vote on thursday, expecting to it pass, and it failed with 62 republicans voting against it. the vote was a shock, as usually house speakers don't bring major controversial bills to the floor unless they know they're going to pass. republicans tried to blame it on democrats, saying they failed to deliver the 40-votes promise. and house majority leader eric cantor even said he was, quote, extremely disappointed that democrats chose to derail years of bipartisan work. but even if gop leadership had those votes, the bill still would have failed. now, i certainly don't envy john boehner's job, corralling house republicans actually does seem a lot like trying to rely on an army of fictional,
john boehner, the speaker of the house! you know, it might be fun to think he's the zod to president obama's superman. but, really, we think he's a little more like gru, you know him, from "despicable me," grand ambitions, minions he can never really keep in line. speaker boehner brought the house's version of the $940 billion farm bill to a vote on thursday, expecting to it pass, and it failed with 62 republicans voting against it. the vote was a shock, as usually house speakers...
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now are you at the point what are the pressure points to get john boehner to act? there may have been a misstep with the senate strategy. they added the big border security element prior to senate passage. they needed to give house republicans a reason to come on board. 2,000 boa 20,000 border agents. there has to be a reason for the house republicans to come on-board. i can't think of one. >> the pressure points are supposed to be national election, the party's image. but house members don't have that incentive at all. they're in districts that are drawn on purpose to have very few hispanics in them anyway. they don't care. they're just looking out for their next election. >> that's true. but what's embedded in this bill, chuck schumer's strategy was sort of concede the border security in the senate to get up to 70 votes. part of the idea was to build momentum to force the house to act. the other part -- this is what's really dangerous for republicans -- now it moves over to the senate -- or to the house and the onus is all on republicans. if it dies, they'll be b
now are you at the point what are the pressure points to get john boehner to act? there may have been a misstep with the senate strategy. they added the big border security element prior to senate passage. they needed to give house republicans a reason to come on board. 2,000 boa 20,000 border agents. there has to be a reason for the house republicans to come on-board. i can't think of one. >> the pressure points are supposed to be national election, the party's image. but house members...
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speaker of the house john boehner certainly had a more muted response. >> well, as you're probably aware, i was disappointed in the ruling yesterday. i believe in traditional marriage, but there are people on both sides of this issue with very heartfelt feelings about it, and i respect those views. the court made its decision. no plans at this point in terms of how the house would move ahead on this. >> now, while boehner's response was moderate, the reaction from his party has been anything but. tim huelskamp said he plans to introduce a federal amendment to define marriage as between one man and one woman. former arkansas governor mike huckabee reacted to the news by tweeting, quote, my thoughts on the scotus ruling that determine that same-sex marriage was okay, jesus wept. all this could be a problem for republicans as americans seem to be growing more comfortable with the idea of same-sex marriage. many republican politicians seem to be going out of step. "the washington post" put it this way. less than a decade ago, the republicans considered the issue to rally conservatives and pu
speaker of the house john boehner certainly had a more muted response. >> well, as you're probably aware, i was disappointed in the ruling yesterday. i believe in traditional marriage, but there are people on both sides of this issue with very heartfelt feelings about it, and i respect those views. the court made its decision. no plans at this point in terms of how the house would move ahead on this. >> now, while boehner's response was moderate, the reaction from his party has been...
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i don't think this was a rebuick of john boehner. i think he's well represented and doing a good job. it's a tough job herding a whole pack of cats in washington. >> wet cats. >> yeah. mad cats. >> rand paul. he's becoming increasingly high profile inside the gop. he's heading a state dinner next week. this weeks washington post, they asked if rand paul is going mainstream or vice versa, what most explains the new seriousness with which paul is being regarded is request for the identity inside the republican party. is his rise in the ranks a reflex of the party that's till in disarray? >> we lost the last election. i fie ransd paul is finding his space. how big that space is is yet to be defined. he's got the talking points. but the big light or the presidential light that looks like that's where he's headed hasn't shined on him exactly. >> what do you mean by that? >> i think the jury is out on rand paul. the vote 99 to 1 on a decision and he's the loan vote. those things start mattering? >> so you think he maybe too fringed to be a
i don't think this was a rebuick of john boehner. i think he's well represented and doing a good job. it's a tough job herding a whole pack of cats in washington. >> wet cats. >> yeah. mad cats. >> rand paul. he's becoming increasingly high profile inside the gop. he's heading a state dinner next week. this weeks washington post, they asked if rand paul is going mainstream or vice versa, what most explains the new seriousness with which paul is being regarded is request for...
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i want to put up a statement on the screen that we got from the speaker of the house, john boehner, in a reaction to the defense of marriage act decision. he said while i'm obviously disappointed in the ruling, it is always krit kalg that we protect our system of checks and balances. a robust natural debate over marriage will continue in the public square. it is my hope, boehner went on to say, that states will define marriage as the union between one man and one woman. because the department of justice, the attorney general and the president working to defend this. it was up to house republicans ultimately to try to defend it. >> they put a lot of money behind it to try to defend that law. you hear from republicans today the reference back to it was 1996 with an overwhelming bipartisan majority that supported doma then and it was signed into law by president clinton. i was really struck today having spent several hours over at the court where there was so little, if any, opposition present. those people that were unhappy with the way it went today didn't seem to attend. i spent severa
i want to put up a statement on the screen that we got from the speaker of the house, john boehner, in a reaction to the defense of marriage act decision. he said while i'm obviously disappointed in the ruling, it is always krit kalg that we protect our system of checks and balances. a robust natural debate over marriage will continue in the public square. it is my hope, boehner went on to say, that states will define marriage as the union between one man and one woman. because the department...
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john boehner apparently thinks he can do it. at least last week when he met with the all-democratic congressional hispanic caucus, he told them that he could do it. he says he has a plan to do it. "in a private meeting with the congressional hispanic caucus on wednesday mr. boehner cited the farm bill process to describe how he intended to move immigration reform through the house." the farm bill process. the farm bill process that he talked about on wednesday is a process that failed spectacularly on thursday. his whole plan for how to pass something difficult is to use the same strategy that he used to fail to pass something easy. eke. this was the stinging and embarrassing loss for boehner. this was the doo-woop move that made one sitting member of congress lament to "the hill" newspaper, "we can't even do an f star star star star star star farm bill." that's how they print td. i will not try to guess what the six asterisks stood for after the letter f. this was a terrible failure for them. >> what's happening on the floor to
john boehner apparently thinks he can do it. at least last week when he met with the all-democratic congressional hispanic caucus, he told them that he could do it. he says he has a plan to do it. "in a private meeting with the congressional hispanic caucus on wednesday mr. boehner cited the farm bill process to describe how he intended to move immigration reform through the house." the farm bill process. the farm bill process that he talked about on wednesday is a process that failed...
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what are the path, available to house speaker john boehner going forward? and which one, if any of them, does he take? >> well, for some perspective, now that the actual move to the house, think of it this way. the last time congress dealt with immigration reform, some of the youngest members of the house were in kinder gua kinder. so their entire lives, this issue has been percolating. it's important for the house to do its own work. each committee that has a responsibility is working on yipds. you'll probably see more things that deal with interior enforcement, meaning if people overstay visas or work situations with things called e-verify. those things will be to the forefront, along with border security. speaker bainer is saying he wants a majority of republicans to be on board and, in part, that make as eventual bill, if ones pa, have some ownership for republicans too. we never saw that with the health care law. that's had so much citel is attached to it in part because they didn't have their fingerprints and their ownership on it. so we'll see what h
what are the path, available to house speaker john boehner going forward? and which one, if any of them, does he take? >> well, for some perspective, now that the actual move to the house, think of it this way. the last time congress dealt with immigration reform, some of the youngest members of the house were in kinder gua kinder. so their entire lives, this issue has been percolating. it's important for the house to do its own work. each committee that has a responsibility is working on...
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now the bipartisan bill in the senate says they have a solution but house majority leader john boehner has his own idea. >> put the bill on the floor and it will pass and many of those who don't want to vote for it on the republican side won't have to. >> the house is not going to take up and vote on whatever the senate passes. we're going to do our own bill through regular order and it will be legislation that reflects the will of our majority and the will of the american people. >> joining me right now is kentucky democratic congressman john yarmuth, member of the house gang of seven working on immigration. good to have you here. >> thank you, thomas. >> as we know with speaker boehner basically throwing cold water on the senate's version, "the washington post" is reporting, though, that the house has several options here. i want to go over them quickly, the first being strike down the senate bill and draft one like it, the other option, introduce its own comprehensive bill and option three, consider separate immigration bills that combine them into one package in and of itself. what
now the bipartisan bill in the senate says they have a solution but house majority leader john boehner has his own idea. >> put the bill on the floor and it will pass and many of those who don't want to vote for it on the republican side won't have to. >> the house is not going to take up and vote on whatever the senate passes. we're going to do our own bill through regular order and it will be legislation that reflects the will of our majority and the will of the american people....
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. >> sir, let me read to you a little bit of what john boehner said today in reaction to the supreme court's decision. he says, while i'm obviously disappointed in the ruling, it is always critical that we protect our system of checks and balances, a robust national debate over marriage will continue in the public square, and it is my hope that states will define marriage as the union between one man and one woman. what do you make of now conservative saying leave this up to the individual states? >> well, i just think this is so wrong. back in another period in our history, people said it should be left up to the states. in 1954 when the supreme court, when the members of the court said that so-called equal education is equal, the supreme court on may 17th, 1954, said that is inherently unequal. so you cannot have some equality and some inequal. no, that's not right and it's not fair. so i think the speaker will come to that point one day like other leaders of the dock and other leaders in government all across our nation in light of our statements and say, why were we so silly? why
. >> sir, let me read to you a little bit of what john boehner said today in reaction to the supreme court's decision. he says, while i'm obviously disappointed in the ruling, it is always critical that we protect our system of checks and balances, a robust national debate over marriage will continue in the public square, and it is my hope that states will define marriage as the union between one man and one woman. what do you make of now conservative saying leave this up to the...
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i don't trust pi think john boehner secretly wants amnesty and want as figure leaf to make it took like no we vote opened fence. a vote on the fence in the house is a vote for amnesty >> what do you think about the 15 senate republicans who voted for the bill? >> we were quickly getting their names. >> i have them. >> the ones -- i mean i will certainly contribute to anyone who primaries any of them. >> any of them? that means hatch just ran. in the case of, i guess -- >> if he runs again. they better hope they don't get in any scandals like having their sons set out vulger aggressive tweets. they better be purer than cesar's wife. that's jeff flake. he voted in favor of amnesty. >> there's a movement to recall mccain and flake going on in arizona. back to tissue, i could never get myself to be a single issue on anything. on any issue. a lot of people are on pro life this is really single issue for you? >> we lose everything with this. as i think we've discussed on this program. but i get confused. contrary to what these, you know, oh, so sensitive and multicultural pro-am nesty republi
i don't trust pi think john boehner secretly wants amnesty and want as figure leaf to make it took like no we vote opened fence. a vote on the fence in the house is a vote for amnesty >> what do you think about the 15 senate republicans who voted for the bill? >> we were quickly getting their names. >> i have them. >> the ones -- i mean i will certainly contribute to anyone who primaries any of them. >> any of them? that means hatch just ran. in the case of, i...
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it's really important that the public understand that what some republicans have asked john boehner to do is totally anti-democratic. what they're saying is mr. speaker, you cannot bring a bill, an immigration reform bill to the floor of the house unless a majority of republicans in the house support it. that's anti-democratic. i mean, on its face. so i would think that people around the country who care about a functioning democracy set aside the supreme court that obviously wants to toss out the voting rights act. everybody else who wants to see a fair democratic process would say, mr. speaker, let the people's housework its will on this very important and fundamental issue. don't kowtow and indicator to the farthest right and most extreme elements of your caucus who are not looking out for the interests of the country but are simply responding to a very small very vocal extremist group in their congressional districts. >> i hope that the speaker was listening to what you just said. democratic congressman, chris van hollen, thank you, sir. >> thank you. >> coming up, darrell issa cau
it's really important that the public understand that what some republicans have asked john boehner to do is totally anti-democratic. what they're saying is mr. speaker, you cannot bring a bill, an immigration reform bill to the floor of the house unless a majority of republicans in the house support it. that's anti-democratic. i mean, on its face. so i would think that people around the country who care about a functioning democracy set aside the supreme court that obviously wants to toss out...
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john boehner already said he's not going to bring it up without a majority of his conference. we'll see if he sticks to that, if he can get something through with the house republicans. they're going to go piece by piece on this. they're going to have hearings on it and try to stitch something together with whatever the senate passes. >> getting that big number, as you pointed out in the senate, rand paul we just heard from s a key player there. >> well, rand paul, you know, has kind of been back and forth on this. you wonder how much it is 2016 politics at play, given that marco rubio is so strongly in favor of this. we know rand paul is going to need some way to draw a line, draw a distinction between him and marco rubio. he seemed very open to the idea of comprehensive immigration reform. he hadn't read all the details of the gang of eight proposal. it was out there. he was sort of waffling on whether or not he would be for whatever comes of that, which kind of makes you wonder, you know, just what is it that he wants out of that and does it have to do with 2016 at all. >>
john boehner already said he's not going to bring it up without a majority of his conference. we'll see if he sticks to that, if he can get something through with the house republicans. they're going to go piece by piece on this. they're going to have hearings on it and try to stitch something together with whatever the senate passes. >> getting that big number, as you pointed out in the senate, rand paul we just heard from s a key player there. >> well, rand paul, you know, has...
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and look at how john boehner did not come out and totally slam the decision yesterday. he's very moderate in his criticism. certainly dealing with women, they don't like a lot of these sonogram bills and they'd like to see a more reasonable discussion about abortion. but yet you have a moment like this and it really capsulizes the problem they have. it releases a lot of energy on the democratic side. >> unfortunately, we are out of time. i want to thank my guests for being here. >> thank you for having us. >>> also, thank you to david and michelle. >>> believe it or not, that's it! that's all for now. i will see you back here tomorrow at noon eastern. "andrea mitchell reports" live from the aspen ideas festival is next. [ agent smith ] i've found software that intrigues me. it appears it's an agent of good. ♪ [ agent smith ] ge software connects patients to nurses to the right machines while dramatically reducing waiting time. [ telephone ringing ] now a waiting room is just a room. [ static warbles ] a regular guy with an irregular heartbeat. the usual, bob? not toda
and look at how john boehner did not come out and totally slam the decision yesterday. he's very moderate in his criticism. certainly dealing with women, they don't like a lot of these sonogram bills and they'd like to see a more reasonable discussion about abortion. but yet you have a moment like this and it really capsulizes the problem they have. it releases a lot of energy on the democratic side. >> unfortunately, we are out of time. i want to thank my guests for being here. >>...
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so a lot of politics there for john boehner to navigate. how much juice does he have left? look, the major legislation that's passed this year that's become law has been on the strength of minority votes in the house. he has promised not to do that anymore. i think there's a big challenge for him and it will be a test of that juice. >> raul, speaker boehner is facing pressure white house and senate and house democrats. a lot of pressure to move quickly on an immigration compromise but he's also facing pressure from the right. what happens if john boehner's reputation and legacy if he can't end up somehow figuring out how to control the more conservative factions of his own party? >> well, that's exactly what's on the line right here because in a sense, he has to choose, you know, between his own personal legacy, maybe his job as speaker versus the legacy of his party going forward. and bear in mind, where the situation -- where we stand right now for the democrats, this is a great position to be in strategically because the democrats now, they're either going to get a polit
so a lot of politics there for john boehner to navigate. how much juice does he have left? look, the major legislation that's passed this year that's become law has been on the strength of minority votes in the house. he has promised not to do that anymore. i think there's a big challenge for him and it will be a test of that juice. >> raul, speaker boehner is facing pressure white house and senate and house democrats. a lot of pressure to move quickly on an immigration compromise but...
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target is 70 or some such so that this bill has a chance of passage when it gets to the house where john boehner has made quite clear that he doesn't want to take this up and if he does take it up, there will be a conservative rebellion there. so they've got -- probably enough border agents on the border where they apprehend each other. it is really not about -- it is not about what is happening on the ground. >> let's look ahead to what is shaping up to be a very busy day. we will see where edward snowden finally turns up. what do you think the snowden headlines will be. joe, let me start with you. >> i'm a fan of the today show. there used to be a thing called "where in the world is matt lauer." i think it'll be, "where in the world is edward snowden." maybe cuba, ecuador, venezuela. we will all be watching. >> joe? >> snowden baffles security agency by changing his e-mail and getting an unlisted number. >> one of the things i did find interesting last week, i think last week, maybe the week before, days run together. he is conducting this on-line chat. and we couldn't find him or trac
target is 70 or some such so that this bill has a chance of passage when it gets to the house where john boehner has made quite clear that he doesn't want to take this up and if he does take it up, there will be a conservative rebellion there. so they've got -- probably enough border agents on the border where they apprehend each other. it is really not about -- it is not about what is happening on the ground. >> let's look ahead to what is shaping up to be a very busy day. we will see...
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the reporter has been suspended, but that is -- that is right now, that is john boehner who's on top of harry reid explaining to the american people why they will not be passing -- >> 17-year veteran journalist. >> i want to be in the preproduction meeting when you drew those lines together. okay, we're going to use this visual. >> can we hear this guy for a second? >> can i hear him live for a second. [ speaking foreign language ] >> when pressed afterward when he was suspended he said he was doing this guy a wonderful favor. >> joe, in this country that's what we call an intern actually. >> exactly. >> back to our regularly scheduled program. >> that is exactly -- you were going to see. the senate has now carried this over to the house and the house is going to treat the senate with as much respect as a reporter treated the flood victim. kelly, how did we get to this point where the senate passed a momentous immigration bill that has little chance of getting through the house? >> joe, we're lucky they're in the going to tilt down the camera to see whose shoulders i'm standing on he
the reporter has been suspended, but that is -- that is right now, that is john boehner who's on top of harry reid explaining to the american people why they will not be passing -- >> 17-year veteran journalist. >> i want to be in the preproduction meeting when you drew those lines together. okay, we're going to use this visual. >> can we hear this guy for a second? >> can i hear him live for a second. [ speaking foreign language ] >> when pressed afterward when he...
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john boehner, you know, does he bring it up if it gets 70 plus votes, indications are he's not going to because he says that it has to have the hastert rule, majority of the majority of this conference. so i think that it's -- that it's difficult in the house. it clearly has momentum this week to pass the senate. you know, the august town hall certainly can be a difficult place, but let's see where it winds up going. i think it's going to be tough. it's going to be a piecemeal approach that the house wants to have, but we probably shouldn't make broad generalizations about the stuff when there's a lot left to be written. >> take a look at the "usa today"/pew research poll where 71% of undocumented immigrants now in the u.s. should be allowed to stay if they meet certain requirements however 77% say that legislation passed should also include increased border security and on the issue of undocumented immigrants should they be allowed to gain legal status, 49% say it's okay to do that while border security improvements are made while 43% say they should have to wait until those improve
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the pr issue is on house speaker john boehner to figure out what he is going to put on the floor. that's not clear just yet. he said he is not putting the senate bill on the floor. whatever the alternative is. it's going to have to take up or get the support of a majority of republicans, another bar he set. it's unclear what will wind up on the house floor. that is evolving. the other thing that she might be optimistic about is the willingness of house republicans who don't face pressure from latinos at home to think about this more broadly and think about the presidential implications. it might seem like a rudimentary point to make,us about the important to understand what's going on right there. that's what house members face the different dynamic. they don't have to run, but they have to answer the folks at home. there 24 house republicans with districts that have more than a quarter of hispanic population. >>. >> i will bring you in. pelosi did make the point that republicans need to pass this if they want support from latino voters in the future. if they want to win a preside
the pr issue is on house speaker john boehner to figure out what he is going to put on the floor. that's not clear just yet. he said he is not putting the senate bill on the floor. whatever the alternative is. it's going to have to take up or get the support of a majority of republicans, another bar he set. it's unclear what will wind up on the house floor. that is evolving. the other thing that she might be optimistic about is the willingness of house republicans who don't face pressure from...
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it was only the house republicans and john boehner. right? >> right. >> bill: left defending the defense of marriage act. >> you know, the bipartisan -- bipartisan you know legal group which went by the name blag, saying it was how i felt about it. blag. but you know -- >> bill: i gotta stop you. we're out of time. such important decisions and so good to you have here to tell us about it. >> announcer: this is the "bill press show." to the fire. are you encouraged by what you heard the president say the other night? is this personal, or is it political? a lot of my work happens by doing the things that i'm given to doing anyway, by staying in touch with everything that is going on politically and putting my own nuance on it. in reality it's not like they actually care. this is purely about political grandstanding. i've worn lots of hats, but i've always kept this going. i've been doing politics now for a dozen years. (vo) he's been called the epic politics man. he's michael shure and his arena is the war room. >> these republicans in congress
it was only the house republicans and john boehner. right? >> right. >> bill: left defending the defense of marriage act. >> you know, the bipartisan -- bipartisan you know legal group which went by the name blag, saying it was how i felt about it. blag. but you know -- >> bill: i gotta stop you. we're out of time. such important decisions and so good to you have here to tell us about it. >> announcer: this is the "bill press show." to the fire. are you...
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. >> earlier in the day, house speaker john boehner reiterated his position that the house's own efforts wouldn't be affected by what happened in the senate. >> the house is not going to take up and vote on whatever the senate passes. we are going to do our own bill and for any legislation, including a conference report, to pass the house, that's going to have ato be a bill that has the support of a majority of our members. >> members of the house republican congress continue to ratchet up the pressure on bainer to keep that process. >> the american people elected a republican majority of the house of representatives. worry a leader of that majority to use his authorities to circumvent that majority, would be cause for removal in my judgment. >> i have no inside information on this. no, you know, great sources republican loadership in the house and terrible at predicting things, i had go way out on a limb and say i don't believe what boehner is saying, i won't put this on the floor. what i believe is going to happen and it will be spectacularly, horribly wrong, and watch this clip to be
. >> earlier in the day, house speaker john boehner reiterated his position that the house's own efforts wouldn't be affected by what happened in the senate. >> the house is not going to take up and vote on whatever the senate passes. we are going to do our own bill and for any legislation, including a conference report, to pass the house, that's going to have ato be a bill that has the support of a majority of our members. >> members of the house republican congress continue...
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house speaker john boehner doesn't have a lot of control over them. i think with immigration you have to look at really not just the national polls of how people feel about this bill, you have to look at how republicans in particular feel. if you look at the intensity scores among these republicans, the people who are most intense about this are against this. now these republican members, a lot of them only have to wory about their primaries so they're only concerned about what republicans think about this legislation and a lot of them are going to make the calculation that this will hurt them in their primaries. i think it's got a very difficult path. >> eleanor, if this immigration reform passes, what effect will that have on president obama's long-term legacy? >> oh, i think it will be considered one of the most significant pieces of legislation to emerge thefrom capitol hill in recent years. it would be ranked up there. if you go back to the clinton and george bush era, the memorable pieces of legislation they passed as well, so it would be a sign
house speaker john boehner doesn't have a lot of control over them. i think with immigration you have to look at really not just the national polls of how people feel about this bill, you have to look at how republicans in particular feel. if you look at the intensity scores among these republicans, the people who are most intense about this are against this. now these republican members, a lot of them only have to wory about their primaries so they're only concerned about what republicans...